omahafilmfestival2017

Nebraska Premiere | USA -  23 minutes | | Director/Producer: Monica Berra, SheRea DelSol, & Gini Richards |   | “Soul City” is a documentary short that tells the story of a group of civil rights activists and city slickers who attempt to build a multiracial utopia in the heart of Klan Country, North Carolina in the 1970s. Their pioneering efforts to jumpstart this black-owned, black-built town run up against tenacious... Read More →

USA/Lao People's Democratic Republic - 14 minutes | | Director: Ceylan Carhoglu, Nicole Jordan-Webber | Producer: Nicole Jordan-Webber, Ceylan Carhoglu | | For generations, Laos was known as the Land of a Million Elephants. Today, there are around 400 elephants left in Laos. If the Laotian elephants become extinct, not only does it mean a loss of one of the largest mammals on earth but also the loss for Laotian history and culture. This... Read More →

Nebraska Premiere | | USA -  24 minutes | Writer/Director: Micki Dickoff | Producer: Micki Dickoff, Magdaleno Rose-Avila | Cast: 16 exonerated death row survivors | | “The Gathering” tells the story of Witness to Innocence, the only organization of death row exonerees in the United States led by death row survivors and their families.  These innocent men and women, some having spent decades on death row for murders they... Read More →

USA -  17 minutes | | Writer/Director: Benjamin J Bogard | Producer: Benjamin J Bogard, Katie Johnston | | Offering sanctuary in the last frontier, Hope Community Resources Inc. provides resources to individuals with physical and cognitive disabilities. At the main campus in Anchorage, Hope Studios, a fully functioning art studio, serves as a safe space for free ideas and expression. Surrounded by bright colors and quirky artwork... Read More →

Nebraska Premiere | USA -  12 minutes | | Writer/Director: Julie Sokolow | Producer: Olivia Vaughn, Ryan Loew | Cast: John Riegert, Brett Yasko, Donna Penoyer | | Graphic designer Brett Yasko wanted to save his friend John’s life, so he asked every artist in their town to make a portrait of John. The result is the 2016 art show “John Riegert” – a funhouse containing 250 portraits on the titular subject, with John... Read More →

United States Premiere | United Kingdom -  9 minutes | | Writer/Director: Max Horn | | Year Of The Snake is a short documentary following the rise and rise of Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes. | | http://www.baronxbones.com | https://www.facebook.com/baronxbones/